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GIGAR MOLD. No. 244,914. Patented" July 26,1881.v

UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRIOK C. MILLER AND HENRY C. PETERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARMOLD.

SPECIFICATION `forming part of .Letters Patent No. 244,914, dated July 26, 1881.

Application filed January 25, 1881.

To all Iwhom it may concern:

Beit known that we, FREDRICK (l. MILLER and HENRY C. PETERS, both citizens of the United State-s, residents of New York, in the larged at their lower portion, or the described equivalent construction thereoilfor enabling` county of New York and State of New York,

plnn gers, said lid being provided with one or more openings for the dowcl-pin at either or both ends, said openings being elongated or enthe plunger to be inoved out of thematrix without subjecting the edges ot' the plungers or division-walls ofthe matrices to strain or press ure suiiicient to break or injure the same.

The object ot'ourinvention is to prevent the breaking o'of the ends of the plungers or splitting oftof the edges ot the cups in the `act of opening,which is a very commonoccurrence with the ordinary kind oi' molds, which,`

although .adapted to be opened by the use of wedges inserted in gains at each end, cannot practically be so used, as the operator cannot conveniently insert the wedges simultaneously at each end, and consequently one end is nearly always opened first, which results in injury to the cup or plunger.

Another advantage of our invention is that it allows the molds to be opened at one end only by the use of but one wedge without any danger of injury to the cups.

In the drawings, Figure l is a broken longitudinal section through the center of the lid of the mold with the dowel-hole enlarged at its lower portion in order to allow the raising of the lid from one end only. Fig. 2 is acentral section, showing our improvements in the preferred form. Fig. 3 is a broken side elevation, showing a modilied form of mold. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a mold, showing a modilication of onrimprovements. Fig. 5 is a top view of a portion of the lid, and shows a modified form i of ripening for the dowelpin.

A indicates the base of the mold; A All 1 AW, sectonal parts rigidly attached to the base (No model.)

A, which together -form thev lower or matrix portion of the mold, the parts A A" being end blocks interposed between the base A and the lid B, and the parts A being the blocks yin which the matricesare formed.

B indicates the lid, and B theplungers, rigidly attached to it in the ordinary manner.

a indicates the dowel-pin, and b a hole pierced in the lid for receiving it. A similar dowel-pin ma-vjoe usett in the opposite end ot' Vthe mold. Y

In the preferred form, as shown in Fig. 2. the mold continues'out ,beyond the end matrix to the point x, which becomes the center or pivotal point on which the lid bears when the `opposite end is raised. As illustrated in said tlgurc, this extension of the mold is made by extending the base A, the lid B, and the interposed block A some distance beyond the matrirthat is at such endof the mold, the

vdo'wel-pin being secured in the base and block adjacent to said end matrix.

It will be obvious that when the lid is raised 'the point of' contact between the lid and the block A at the outer extremities of said parts near thematrices, as in the case of other cigar- Ymolds of this character, the paths described by the plnngcrs, and more especially :those 'nearest to the said end of the mold, would be small circles;y but by lengthening or extending the lid, Ithe base, and the block A', it will be seen that said paths, in which the plungers move when the lid is raised, will be circles so large that the plungers will rise in nearly perpendicular planes.

The part A is shown as being a block sepaarate from the matrices and the base; but it is obvious that the same results will be obtained if said block or piece A' beintegral with the lid or the matrices, or the base upon which the matrices are arranged.

It may be desirable in some instances to have the mold made so that either end maybe opened, in which case the mold would be made as shown in Fig. 3, D being the' gain for the insertion of the wedge, and the point w being preserved by the extension of the parts A' B of the mold beyond the gain D, as shown.

', Fig. 3, shows the path of the plunger B IOO when the point x is the center, which, it will be seen, is in line nearly parallel with the sides of the matrix A, which the plnn gers B enter.

To allow the plunger B'to rise in a line parallel with the sides of the matrices, the dowelhole b in the lid B is gradually enlarged from its upper to its lower end by cutting away the lid at the inner side of the hole, as shown by the full line b', Figs. l and 2, and the dotted line 2,Fig. 3. Insteadof enlarging this opening, as shown in Figs. l and 2, in which the lower portion of the same is larger than its upper portion, said opening can be made oblong, as shown in Fig. 5, the diameter of the opening in such instance being the same at the top as at the bottom part thereof; or, instead ot' enlarging the opening, the same result can be obtained by beveling or iiattening one side of thedowel-pin, as indicated at a', Fig. 2, and shown by dotted lines, Fig. 3. In this way when the lid is raised at one end so that the pivot on which the lid turns will be at the point at the outer extremities of the block A and the lid B, that portion of the lid form ing that side of the side ot the opening b that is nearest to the matrices will clear the dowelpin, so as not to interfere with the raising of the lid.

In a modification we construct either en of themold and dowels, as shown at the left-hand Side ot' Fig. 3, with the gain cut in atthe end.

The opening in the lid, of which there may be one or more at each end, is shown in full lines, Figs. l and 2, as being enlarged atits lower end for thc purpose ot' receiving the pointed or beveled dowel pin or pins of the mold, and by the employment of the openings thus formed the plungers can with safety be moved out from the matrices or separated therefrom without subjecting the longitudinal edges of thcplun gers or division-wallsof the matrices to undue strain or pressure, and thereby there will be no liability of breaking or injuring the edges or walls. rlhe lid may be made to carry the doivel pin or pins, and the opening or openings be made in the base of the mold, if desired, without departure from our invention.

Our improvement is a very important one,

as it allows the mold to be opened at one end without any danger ot injury to the plungers, and also allows acloser t of the cups in the matrix than could be obtained in the old form of construction.

In Fig. 4 the gain E is formed in the end of the mold, between the sides, so that the extended ends are preserved for the purpose already set forth.

O indicates an elastic band surrounding the plunger. This forms the subject of a separate application.

In this application is shown and described a cigar-mold composed of a base supporting a series of matrices, with extension orend pieces between the base and lid, said lid carrying a series ci' plungers, and provided near one end with an opening for the entrance ot' a pointed dowel-pin, which is additionally beveled or fiattened to secure the results named herein, a rabbet being formed in the mold at the end opposite the doivel-pin for the insertion of a wedge to enable the lid to be separated from the base; but as such organization will be the Subjectmatter of another application for patent, the saine is not claimed herein.

What we claim is- In combination with the' base of a cigarmold and the dowel pin or pins thereof, a lid carrying the plungers provided with one or more openings at either or both ends for passage of the doivel pin or pins, said opening or openings being elongated or enlarged at their i i lower portion, or thedeseribed equivalent construction thereof, for enabling the plunger to be moved out ot' the matrix without subjecting the edges of the plungers or division-walls of the matrices to strain or pressure suiicient to break or injure the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDRICK C. MILLER. HENRY C. PETERS. Witnesses:

HERMANN ALBERT, ALBERT GAIsEa. 

